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Proper Names	Meridiana, Alfecca Meridiana, Alphecca Meridiana
Bayer Designation	Alpha Coronae Australis
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	7254
HD	178253
Constellation	Corona Australis
Right Ascension	19h 9m 28s
Declination	-37° 54' 16"
Distance	125 light years 38 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.1 Absolute: +1.1
Spectral Class	A0/1 White
Optimum Visibility	July
Notes	A white star a little more than twice the mass and diameter of the Sun, with indications of the presence of a circumstellar disc of matter.

This small white star lies a little under 130 light years from the Sun. The name Meridiana is a shortening of Alfecca Meridiana, the southern counterpart of the star Alphecca in Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown.

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